New medical technology revives ‘dead’ hearts, successfully used for transplantation in the UK and Australia

A team of scientists in Massachusetts has developed an innovative medical technology that could eliminate the problem of shortage of hearts for transplantation. The technology claims to “reanimate” the dead heart for transplant.

Each year, thousands of Americans require a heart for transplantation. However, the researchers say that the availability of donor hearts could be increased by almost 30 percent if the new technology is approved for medical use in the U.S.